Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , and the free labour conflict conducted by the Shipping Federation , troubled him less , however , than the Federation 's malicious attempts to destroy his credibility and that of the union by maligning his character and labelling him a criminal . |
| 2 | He immediately took to his heels with is case of cigarettes and led me a merry dance away from the docks , through a council estate , finally finishing up on the perimeter track of Ipswich Airport where I was rescued in the nick of time by a squad car full of policemen just as I was about to be filled in by the burly seaman . |
| 3 | Meredith asked , and lent him a handkerchief . |
| 4 | In the meantime , I want you all to try and build me a decent-sized castle , right ? ’ |
| 5 | A civilian came up to the mousy man and asked him a question . |
| 6 | Their leader grabbed the bridle of Corbett 's horse and asked him a question he could not understand . |
| 7 | She wrote to SSDs and asked them a series of questions about training for residential child care staff on HIV and sexuality . |
| 8 | Over coffee back at the office I tried to pull myself together and sell him a traded option in copper which would , as it turned out , have made him quite a lot of money . |
| 9 | This program is a must for anyone using a PC at home and will impress dinner guests who always say ‘ You simply must let me have a copy of the recipe , the meal was delicious ’ , you can now print it out in seconds and sell them a copy . |
| 10 | By due process of law we have sentenced him to be slit in the hamstrings to be an example to those who would follow him and make him a hero to the people . |
| 11 | You need to dream , then formulate your goals from those dreams and make them a reality . |
| 12 | Should cut the gentlemen on Foggy Bottom , or wherever , down to size and make them a mite more civil and cooperative in future . |
| 13 | Double positives are taken away making it negative and your H positives go in here , making it positive , so you get a you get a little a little potential difference , a little difference in voltage , which gives a Any any two metals if you put them together and make them a bit damp , or even if you do n't make them damp , you usually get a little a tiny voltage . |
| 14 | Lawrence has insisted he wants to stay and honour his contract at Middlesbrough and make them a force in the Premier division . |
| 15 | Right , depends what the and quite honestly , if you bring these down and make them a bit more romantic |
| 16 | Wetherby threatens to end the affair and make her a laughing-stock , especially if he intends to flaunt a new liaison with Armitage under her nose . |
| 17 | Sitting in a traffic jam with such a car alongside is a contemporary purgatory that produces reactions in me that bode no good for the future of the human race and make me a menace on the roads for minutes afterwards . |
| 18 | Okay go and make me a bacon sandwich |
| 19 | Go and make me a nice cup of tea Mike ? |
| 20 | ‘ If you move over I 'll put some wood on this fire and make us a cup of tea . ’ |
| 21 | And give us back the pride and the credibility that we once took for granted as trade unionists but we allowed to slip away from us , and make us a force to be reckoned with , and send this government a message , we 'll never allow anyone at Westminster to tell us how to run the G M B , we 'll never allow anyone at Westminster to prevent us from protecting our brothers and sisters and we 'll no never ever allow anyone at Westminster to defeat the trade union movement . |
| 22 | No go and make us a cup of tea would you please ? |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm going to tuck you in , then go downstairs and make you a hot drink . ’ |
| 24 | In the last months of 1989 the people of Central and Eastern Europe take it upon themselves to address the future and make it a different place to be in . |
| 25 | I suppose the appeal to me has been making things happen and changing things and feeling quite British about it and proud of what in my very small way I have been able to do in this country and being able to export that abroad and make it a success there . |
| 26 | Therefore , if you really want to move the business forward and make it a great business , you 've got to live it . |
| 27 | God is able to take the common in you and me and make it a sacrament of blessing for others . |
| 28 | ‘ A Phazer is not a miracle design that can take a junk board and make it a killer ’ , Milton said . |
| 29 | ‘ Who 'll come in tae ma wee hoose , tae ma wee hoose tae ma wee hoose ; for who 'll come in tae ma wee hoose and make it a wee bit bigger ! ’ |
| 30 | I want you to take this neck and make it a neck-through-body Strat-style guitar . ’ |